Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Laporte Acids

From Graces Guide

of Chemical Works, Leeds, 10.

1949 B. Laporte acquired Hunt Brothers (Castleford) [1]

1952 Laporte Acids Ltd was building a new plant at Hunt Works[2]

1959 Producer of sulphuric acid, distilled water, hydrochloric acid, glauber salts, sodium thiosulphate, sodium sulphite, salt cake, ferrous sulphide, ferric chloride, ferrous chloride, and metal hampers for glass carboys.

1968 Hunt works at Castleford. Registered office at Eastgate House, Eastgate, Leeds

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Jul 15, 1949
  2. The Times, Jul 11, 1952